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enMichael Phelps Pleads Guilty To DUI http://mtpr.org/post/michael-phelps-pleads-guilty-dui
Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps was sentenced to 18 months' supervised probation today after pleading guilty to drunken driving.<p>He was arrested in September after leaving a casino in downtown Baltimore. Police documents show that he swerved over a yellow line while going 84 in 45-mph zone. Police say Phelps failed field sobriety tests and registered a 0.14 on a blood-alcohol test. In Maryland, the legal limit is 0.08.<p>This is the second time Phelps, 29, has been convicted of driving under the influence. His first charge was also in Maryland in 2004.Fri, 19 Dec 2014 20:02:00 +0000Laura Sullivan28582 at http://mtpr.orgWhite House Says Any Response To Sony Attack Needs To Be 'Proportional'http://mtpr.org/post/white-house-says-response-sony-attack-will-be-proportional
The White House says the devastating cyber attack on Sony Pictures was done with "malicious intent" and was initiated by a "sophisticated actor" but it would not say if that actor was North Korea.<p>Spokesman Josh Earnest says the matter is still under investigation.<p>"Regardless of who is found to be responsible for this, the president considers it to be a serious national security matter," Earnest says.<p>President Obama is holding daily meetings with his homeland security advisers and cyber coordinators to determine who is responsible and how to respond.Thu, 18 Dec 2014 19:31:00 +0000Laura Sullivan28532 at http://mtpr.orgStudy: Just 20 Percent Of Female Campus Sexual Assault Victims Go To Policehttp://mtpr.org/post/study-just-20-percent-female-campus-sexual-assault-victims-go-police
Young women who are sexually assaulted are vastly unlikely to report those crimes to police, according to a <a href="http://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/rsavcaf9513.pdf">newly released Justice Department report</a>.<p>Even more striking, women ages 18 to 24 who are in college or trade school are less likely to report such incidents than those who aren't in school, despite the increasing number of sexual assault advocates and counselors on campus in recent years.<p>Only 32 percent of young women not enrolled in school reported they had been raped or sexually assaulted.Thu, 11 Dec 2014 20:37:00 +0000Laura Sullivan28235 at http://mtpr.orgObama Administration Unveils New Limits On Racial Profilinghttp://mtpr.org/post/obama-administration-unveils-new-ban-racial-profiling
The Obama administration released <a href="http://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/ag/pages/attachments/2014/12/08/use-of-race-policy.pdf">new guidelines</a> today to ban racial profiling by federal law enforcement officers.Mon, 08 Dec 2014 21:12:00 +0000Laura Sullivan28100 at http://mtpr.orgRed Cross Finances Called Into Questionhttp://mtpr.org/post/red-cross-finances-called-question
<div class="fullattribution">Copyright 2014 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.<img src="http://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmac=UA-5828686-4&utmdt=Red+Cross+Finances+Called+Into+Question&utme=8(APIKey)9(MDAxODc1ODA5MDEyMjg1MDYxNTFiZTgwZg004)"/></div><p>Transcript <p>RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: <p>For many people the end of the year is a time to give to charity. But how do you know where your money is really going?Sun, 07 Dec 2014 12:38:00 +0000Laura Sullivan28054 at http://mtpr.orgRed Cross Misstates How Donors' Dollars Are Spenthttp://mtpr.org/post/red-cross-misstates-how-donors-dollars-are-spent
The American Red Cross's CEO, Gail McGovern, has spelled out the organization's promise to donors repeatedly in recent years.<p>"Ninety-one cents of every dollar that's donated goes to our services," McGovern <a href="http://youtu.be/Uqk_bNee8XQ?t=17m13s">said in a speech</a> at Johns Hopkins University last year. "That's world class obviously."<p><a href="http://www.wfyi.org/programs/the-economic-club-of-indiana/radio/gail-j-mcgovern-april-22-2014">She said</a> the same thing to the City Club of Cleveland in April.Thu, 04 Dec 2014 23:47:00 +0000Laura Sullivan27979 at http://mtpr.orgRed Cross Misstates How Donors' Dollars Are SpentCommunity Activists Question Timing Of Grand Jury Announcementhttp://mtpr.org/post/ferguson-unravels-despite-planning
For weeks, Ferguson police and local leaders met with community groups and activists to work out a plan for the aftermath of the grand jury's decision whether to indict police officer Darren Wilson in the fatal shooting of Michael Brown.<p>But any results of that effort quickly vanished following <a href="http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/11/24/366370100/grand-jury-reaches-decision-in-michael-brown-case">Monday night's announcement</a> as <a href="http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/11/25/366452769/ferguson-businesses-burn-crowds-confront-police-in-overnight-chaos">buildings burnedTue, 25 Nov 2014 21:49:00 +0000Laura Sullivan27665 at http://mtpr.orgCommunity Activists Question Timing Of Grand Jury AnnouncementLast 'Angola 3' Inmate's Conviction Should Be Thrown Out, Court Sayshttp://mtpr.org/post/last-angola-3-inmates-conviction-should-be-thrown-out-court-says
A federal appeals court has <a href="http://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/13/13-30266-CV0.pdf">ruled</a> that a man who has spent about 40 years in solitary confinement in a Louisiana prison should have his conviction overturned.<p>Albert Woodfox, the only member of the so-called Angola 3 still incarcerated, was convicted of the 1972 murder of a young prison guard named Brent Miller. Woodfox was found guilty along with fellow inmate Herman Wallace.<p>Wallace's conviction was overturned last year as his health was failing.Fri, 21 Nov 2014 21:11:00 +0000Laura Sullivan27544 at http://mtpr.orgKeep Your Head Up: 'Text Neck' Takes A Toll On The Spinehttp://mtpr.org/post/keep-your-head-text-neck-takes-toll-spine
"Text neck," the posture formed by leaning over a cellphone while reading and texting, is a big problem, according to the author of a newly published study in the National Library of Medicine.<p>Kenneth K.Thu, 20 Nov 2014 20:29:00 +0000Laura Sullivan27503 at http://mtpr.orgKeep Your Head Up: 'Text Neck' Takes A Toll On The Spine'Flying Doughnuts': Airbus Files Patent For A New Kind Of Planehttp://mtpr.org/post/flying-doughnuts-airbus-files-patent-new-kind-plane
Airbus has filed a patent for a new plane that looks decidedly more Star Trek Enterprise than airplane.<p><em>The Financial Times</em> <a href="http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/ba80c518-6492-11e4-b219-00144feabdc0.html#axzz3JLF97ms7">dubbed it</a> "flying doughnuts."<p>According to the <a href="http://worldwide.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/originalDocument?CC=US&NR=2014319274A1&KC=A1&FT=D&ND=3&date=20141030&DB=EPODOC&locale=en_EP">patent application</a>, the craft would address a long-standing problem for plane designers — pressurized cabins, which stress planes on the front and back ends anMon, 17 Nov 2014 19:41:00 +0000Laura Sullivan27365 at http://mtpr.org'Flying Doughnuts': Airbus Files Patent For A New Kind Of Plane